PlayStation Earns An Emmy

Appropriate considering the PS1's 10 year anniversary, the PlayStation has been awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Technology and Advanced New Media. Eurogamer reports: 'When the concept for PlayStation was in its infancy in the early 1990s, we had a dream to elevate the quality of computer graphics from a 2D-based environment to a rich, realistic 3D experience,' said uberbigwig Ken Kutaragi. 'At the same time, we intended to bring in a new form of entertainment through the living room in a manner that would allow people all over the world to enjoy the pleasures of interactive entertainment ... Even with this lofty goal in mind, the achievement and market acceptance for PlayStation have exceeded my wildest expectations. We are honoured to be awarded a prestigious Emmy to commemorate the significant role PlayStation played in creating a new computer entertainment world."

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BS

[Anonymous Coward]

we had a dream to elevate the quality of computer graphics from a 2D-based environment to a rich, realistic 3D experience

Yeah, Ken, too bad everyone else was ahead of you on that one.

There were actually three gaming awards...

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/advanced_media_winn ers_release_2005.html

For "Development and Impact in 8-Bit Consoles," Atari won for the Atari 2600.

For "Development and Impact in Polygon Consoles," Sony won for the PS1.

For "Development of Multiplayer Console Technology," Microsoft won for XBOX Live.

Re:I thought

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually that isn't true, the PS1 could not display anywhere near the texture resolution of the N64. However, the N64 supported linear texture filtering, which blended adjacent pixels on a face. While not so noticeable in first party titles like Starfox and Mario 64, it was very apparent in many other titles.

Re:I thought

[geminidomino]

Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes

I thought that was a GCN release...

Re:MODS ARE SONY FANBOXEN

[ElleyKitten]

Nintendo so created the analog controller. Who had it before them? No one. There were joysticks, but not analog sticks like all controllers have now. Also, I think creating the first free-movement 3D platformer is a major achievement, much more so than creating a game on rails.

Re:MODS ARE SONY FANBOXEN

[kingsmedley]

Nintendo so created the analog controller. Who had it before them? No one.

Nope, sorry. Here's a quick list of game consoles that used analog sticks before the Nintendo 64. In no particular order:

Vectrex
Atari 5200
Arcadia

And that is just counting those released in the USA, there are a number of European and Australian systems as well, PLUS a number of computer platforms that used them. And before anybody brings it up, Nintendo wasn't the first to put four controller ports on a console either.

Nintendo is a very innovative company, and they deserve a lot of credit for leading Sony to where they are today. But they didn't invent EVERYTHING and I get tired of people not realising it.

Re:I thought

[Lucractius]

They made the ps1 purely to try and stab back at Nintendo who actualy did half if not a little more of the initial design and work on the PS1. it was originaly a partnership, with nintendo getting sony in for the CD drive technology, then when nintendo pulled back from the project sony took everything and went... "why the hell not" and made a console of their own...

Im not sure who this makes me more annoyed with... Sony, for never giving any credit for getting helped into the industry and now happily spamming the industry with : "" games that realy only sell cause of bargain bins, hype marketing, and people with no intent to play the game more than a few times who dont care about the games they by at all as long as they have "tons of great games" to go with their "awesome ps"....

Or nintendo for creating their own worst enemy... hrm :/